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Most Online Marijuana Dispensaries Lack Adequate Age Verification
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 – Most online marijuana dispensaries lack adequate age verification features and accept nontraceable payment methods, according to a research letter published online Sept....
Vaping Raises a Teen's Odds of Developing Asthma
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 – New research underscores the harms of e-cigarettes, showing that vaping increases the risk of asthma in teens who have never smoked cigarettes. Although e-cigarettes have...
Need for FDA to Take Strong Action on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – A new government report reveals that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep children and teens off tobacco. Among the report's findings were that...
Millions Are Exposed to Secondhand Smoke and Don't Know It
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – A lot of people who think they don’t have secondhand smoke exposure actually do, according to a new study that compared survey answers with blood tests. According to the r...
FDA Must Crack Down on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens: Report
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco. Among the report’s findings were that the U...
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 – When Canadian wildfire smoke shrouded the New York City skyline and spread to parts of New England this summer, millions of East Coast residents saw firsthand just how...
Young E-Cigarette Users Report Higher Levels of Chronic Stress
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 – Young electronic cigarette users are more likely to report having chronic stress than nonusers, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society...
E-Cigarette Use in Pregnancy Tied to Higher Abstinence Rate in Final Trimester
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 – Individuals who use electronic cigarettes during pregnancy have a higher smoking abstinence rate in late pregnancy than individuals who use nicotine replacement therapy...
E-Cigarettes, Cytisine, Varenicline Most Effective to Help Stop Smoking
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 – Electronic cigarettes and the medicines cytisine and varenicline appear to help the most people to quit smoking, according to a review published online Sept. 12 in the...
For the Young, Vaping & Chronic Stress Often Go Together
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – Young people who vape are more likely to experience chronic stress, though it isn’t clear whether it was the stress that brought on the vaping or the vaping that caused the ...
Smoking Increases Risk for Mental Illness
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – Smoking increases the risk for developing mental disorders, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Lloyd Balbuena, from University...
Boys Who Smoke Could Be Harming Their Future Children's Health
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – Smoking may not only harm the smoker and those who breathe in the secondhand fumes, but also their future children. New research suggests that boys who smoke in their early...
Young Smokers Report More Ocular Symptoms
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – Adolescents and young adult users of both electronic cigarettes and cigarettes have a higher likelihood of experiencing severe and frequent ocular symptoms, according to a...
Marijuana Users Have Higher Metal Levels in Blood, Urine
FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 – Marijuana may be a source of cadmium and lead exposure, according to a study published online Aug. 30 in Environmental Health Perspectives. Katlyn E. McGraw, from Columbia...
Unguided Electronic Cigarette Use Beneficial for Smoking Cessation
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 – Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are beneficial for smoking cessation in adult smokers with varied motivation for smoking cessation, according to a study published...
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